摘要：This study aimed to explore the relationship between the characteristics of teachers and grade four senior high school (G4SHS) students’ achievement in English as a foreign language (EFL). To this end, the 102-item English Language Teachers’ Attribute Scale (ELTAS) designed by Khodadady, Fakhrabadi, and Azar (2012) was administered to 1483 G4SHS students and the collected data were submitted to Principal Axis Factoring and Varimax with Kaiser Normalization. The results showed that the scale consists of eleven factors, i.e., Qualified, Social, Proficient, Humanistic, Stimulating, Organized, Pragmatic, Systematic, Prompt, Exam-Wise, and Lenient. When the ELTAS and its underlying factors were correlated with the students’ self-reported scores on their grade three final English examination (G3FEE) held nationally in Iran, not only the scale itself but also its constituting factors showed significant relationships with the G3FEE as a measure of EFL achievement. The results of the study are discussed and suggestions are made for future research.
其他摘要：This study aimed to explore the relationship between the characteristics of teachers and grade four senior high school (G4SHS) students’ achievement in English as a foreign language (EFL). To this end, the 102-item English Language Teachers’ Attribute Scale (ELTAS) designed by Khodadady, Fakhrabadi, and Azar (2012) was administered to 1483 G4SHS students and the collected data were submitted to Principal Axis Factoring and Varimax with Kaiser Normalization. The results showed that the scale consists of eleven factors, i.e., Qualified, Social, Proficient, Humanistic, Stimulating, Organized, Pragmatic, Systematic, Prompt, Exam-Wise, and Lenient. When the ELTAS and its underlying factors were correlated with the students’ self-reported scores on their grade three final English examination (G3FEE) held nationally in Iran, not only the scale itself but also its constituting factors showed significant relationships with the G3FEE as a measure of EFL achievement. The results of the study are discussed and suggestions are made for future research.
